Towards the new construct of academic English in the digital age

Abstract The increasing use of digital educational technologies in higher education (HE) means that the nature communication may be shifting. Assessments English for academic purposes (EAP) need to reconceptualized accordingly reflect new and complex ways which language is used HE. With a view inform EAP assessments, our study set out identify key trends related using scoping review literature. Findings revealed two major trends: (1) shift towards multimodal has turn resulted emergence types assignments, genres, students acquire skills operate within this arena; (2) limitations existing skills-based approaches assessment move integrated assessment. We discuss implications these findings assessments.